Stock-feeding device.



PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.

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ALBERT VADKINS HARVEY.,` OF ROCKWALL, TEXAS.

STOCK-FEEDING DEVICE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application led October 13, f1906. Serial No. 338,761.

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Be it known that I, ALBERT VVADKINS HARVEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockwall, in the county of Rockwall and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stock-Feeding Devices, of which the following is a specifi cation.

This invention is a stock-feeding device,

and more particularly that kind in which the feed is stored in a bin located above the feedtrough and from which it is dumped by means which are operated from a distance. f The object of the invention is to provide a simple and easily-operated device of this kind; and to this end the Ainvention consists of a construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes a bin, having hangers 6,'whereby it is suspended in a suitable manner above a feed-trough or manger. The bin has partitions 7, forming compartments to receive different kinds oi-feed. The bottom 9 of the bin is hinged at 1() to swing downwardly and release the feed.

To the rear wall 11 of the bin, on the inside thereof, is pivoted, as at 12, a latch 13, having a notch 14 to receive a pin 15, extending from the free edge of the bottom 9, whereby said bottom is held closed.

bottom drops down and allows the feed to drop into the feed-trough or manger. The free edge of the bottom is recessed, as at 16, to form a space for the lower end of the latch to Work in. An operating-rope 17 is made Then the latch is swung on its pivot to release the pin 15, the f fast to one end of the latch, and the other end of the rope ext-ends to any desired place-as, for instance, the dwelling of the proprietorso that the stock can be fed without leaving the house and going to the barn. A number of feed devices, as herein described, may be employed,and by connecting their latches to the latch 13 they may all besimultaneously operated by the rope 17 and for this purpose the latch. 13 is provided with a number of holes 18, in which the ropes connecting the 'several latches maybe secured.

The middle compartment of the bin is intended for hay and the end compartments for corn or other feed. To prevent the corn from scattering, I provide shields 19, which extend downwardly from the rear side of the bin, being hinged, Las at 20, to the rear wall 11 at the lower edge thereof. The bottom 9 carries fingers 21, which extend upwardly into the middle compartment, the ends of the fingers being curved rearwardly, as at 22. These fingers are for the purpose of preventing the hay from sticking when the bottom swings open. The shields 19 are hinged to enable them to be adjusted to suit the loca- Jion of the feed-trough with respect 'to the A stock-feeding device comprisin a bin having a hinged bottom, a latch for olding the bottom closed, and fingers carried by said bottom and extending into the bin when the bottom is closed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT WADKINS HARVEY.

Witnesses:

` J. D. COX,

S. H. WHITE. 

